Wayne Henry

U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

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Wayne Henry is a researcher focused on the security and performance of Data Distribution Service (DDS) middleware, a critical publish-subscribe communication framework used in real-time systems, industrial production environments, and embedded platforms. His work addresses the growing vulnerability of middleware layers, which adversaries increasingly target to disrupt distributed device communication across both private industry and military applications. Henry’s major contribution is the development and evaluation of DDS-Cerberus, a novel security layer designed to protect DDS-based networks. In his 2021 paper, "DDS-Cerberus: Ticketing Performance Experiments and Analysis," he conducted rigorous performance experiments to analyze the system’s operational efficiency. The following year, he deepened this investigation in "Quantifying DDS-Cerberus Network Control Overhead," precisely measuring the control overhead introduced by the security layer. Although his most-cited works have garnered 4 citations each, their impact is significant within the niche field of secure real-time middleware, providing foundational data for engineers and researchers seeking to balance security with performance constraints. Henry’s work is particularly notable for bridging the gap between theoretical security models and practical, quantifiable performance metrics in mission-critical systems.